Academic Publishing
latest news & developments
Perverse incentives for universities are wasting the skills and work of postdoctoral fellows
Decision-makers appear to be outsourcing core work to an insecure academic workforce who don’t necessarily receive recognition or permanent employment
The pressure to publish is punitive: systems that control publishing choke creativity
Publishing in the academic world is extremely important, but why does it seem to be such a long, winding and twisted process?
Unscrupulous academics buy into ‘university 419 scam’
Nothing significant seems to have been done to stop the practice of academics publishing in open-access, online scam journals and reaping the rewards.
Copyright issues dog academics
Not only are they at the mercy of publishing houses, their rights are also limited by South African law.
Door ‘slammed on open access’ to academic work
Anger has been growing over embargoes on published works that "limit access to knowledge and make academics’ work outdated".
Money makes the McUniversity
Academics are worth more than profits and can’t be lumped into corporate ‘staff development’ groups.
Weighing up the real value of e-publishing
South African academia needs to get up to speed with the fast-changing digital-journal landscape.